<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>New from Ulinawi, Moonshadow's sister community - pasture raised chicken.<br><br>Ulinawi is a fledgling community and family farm, and in our first attempt at larger-scale livestock, we've raised up a whole flock of rhode island red roosters. these birds have been ranging widely on our fields of invasive chinese honeysuckle, doing triple-duty in pasture management, fertilization, and growing into big healthy dinners!<br><br>this year, we experimented simultaneously with classic breeds (rhode island reds and buff orpingtons) and with the super-bred, giant-breasted, cornish cross creations. our results were about what you'd expect - the cornish cross developed giant breasts in the first six weeks of life, but were sluggish and seemed very reluctant to thrive. the classic breeds were hearty and wily, but didn't recognize the cornish cross as the same species, and were slow to put on weight.<br><br>now, three months into this endeavour, the cornish cross are all in the freezer (there are a few left - they were delicious!), and the reds are ready to be harvested. all these birds have fed on bugs, greens, compost and non-medicated feeds, and are delicious and healthy - but not at all what you see stamped with tyson at your supermarket. they are smaller-breasted and smaller-bodied, considered a "poulard" (adolescent) at about 3# each, but they are the hardy and traditional birds developed from the 1800's in massachusets and rhode island.<br><br>they will be available exclusively for pre-order (they're still alive) for pickup at the wednesday main-street market in Chattanooga.<br><br>if you're interested, please contact nada jones at <a href="mailto:craftmonkey@ymail.com">craftmonkey@ymail.com</a> or 510-853-0888<br><br>thanks!<br>.bradley jones</div><div>..510-853-0888</div><div><br></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#171717" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Chris Gilligan</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Board of Directors</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#414141" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); "><b>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#171717" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Sequatchie Valley Institute</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>1233 Cartwright Loop</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>Whitwell, TN 37397</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>(423) 949-5922 tel</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b><a href="http://svionline.org/">svionline.org</a></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><b><br></b></span></font></div></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>